May 9, 2017 By Neil Cosgrove On September 9, 1971 hundreds of inmates at the Attica prison in upstate New York began an unplanned, initially chaotic, take-over of a portion of the […]
Attica: A Constant Reminder of a Shameful History
Human Rights Are Unconditional
May 4, 2017 By Mollie March-Steinman In addition to being a racist system that intentionally targets people of color through “broken-windows policing”, stop-and-frisk policies, and racial profiling, the prison industrial complex is […]
Incentivizing Racism: U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex
May 4, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Before the 2017 Academy Awards, I watched a number of the documentaries that had been nominated for my favorite category, Best Documentary. One of those films, […]
Support for House Bill 135
February 6, 2017 By Rodney Derrickson I am writing this open letter to the citizens of Pennsylvania, asking for your support of Representative Jason Dawkins’ House Bill 135, “Parole Eligibility for Lifer […]
Incarcerated Activists in PA Need Our Support!
By Jeff Cummings Carrington Keys is a Pittsburgh human rights activist and a member of the Human Rights Coalition/FedUp. Every single day he puts his neck on the line to speak up […]
Prison Strike, a poem by Tallon Kennedy
Moving chains across sidewalks. Pots banging on guard rails. A noise made to silence the police sirens in the distance. Distance is what got us here. Distance from our ancestor’s guilt. […]
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